The history of Montgomery College from 1966 to 1979 is traced in this guide to the personal archival collection of the individual who served as Acting President and then President during that period. Introductory comments trace the major changes that Montgomery College underwent between 1966 and 1979, including its administrative separation from…

The difficulties faced by Chicago's public school system have prompted two state-level investigative bodies to recommend the breaking up of the system into smaller, locally controlled units. Without exhaustively reviewing all of the factors involved in making the transition from a centralized to a decentralized school governance structure, this…

In the last two decades, increasing concern has been expressed about the ability (or inability) of various governmental agencies, service organizations, and manufacturing organizations to effectively perform their tasks. Psychologists have only recently become involved in researching issues concerning the adoption, implementation, and…

The reorganization of the College of Education and Allied Professions at the University of Toledo is discussed. The analysis is based on Baldridge's political model, Bacharach and Lawler's views of politics and power, Pirsig's concept of quality, and the Oxford English Dictionary definitions of "passion." To investigate the…

The commonalities and uniquenesses of the organizational structural patterns in 52 colleges of education in land grant unitversities are analyzed. Variables studied include relation of college to university, organizational structures, span of control, single executive, governance, and instructional units. A special section analyzes 34…

The polytechnical schools in Great Britain, previously low in social and educational status, have in recent years raised themselves on these dimensions, concomitant with corresponding changes along other dimensions such as the social strata from which their students are drawn. This process is given the name "institutional mobility." Two…

The materials included in this booklet are designed for use by participants in Application Sessions A and B for physical activity personnel working in elementary and secondary schools. These materials are initial drafts prepared for field testing only. They are not the final products to be delivered at the completion of the project. The materials…

A comprehensive model of the process of organizational innovation was developed by casting a sequential, five-stage model of the process against five broad sets of factors previously found to influence organizational innovation. Using the model, the relative importance of each set of factors within and across each stage of the process was…

The history of postsecondary education in the province of Alberta (Canada) since its beginning in 1905 is chronicled, including its transformation from an agriculturally-based frontier society to a modern industrial state. Although little emphasis is placed on historical narrative, a number of time periods are identified to illustrate certain…

The organizational characteristics of schools can be extremely important influences on student behavior, and student behavior problems can be reduced through organizational change. Organizations can be held to consist of objectives, processes for achieving those objectives, and structures for carrying out those processes. The term…

Community colleges face significant challenges posed by a period of financial austerity, educational cutbacks, and a questioning of the fundamental missions of the colleges. To deal with these challenges, the colleges should identify their target student populations, specify the colleges' goals, and tie the concept of open admissions into a…

A case study of curricular change compares two leading models of organizational change. One model stresses the uncertainty and disorder of major changes and views them as dramatic events. The other model sees major organizational shifts as the result of ordinary day-to-day processes and emphasizes their routine nature. For this study, the…

Community college managers would probably acknowledge the importance of planning, but might not accept the need to adopt a futuristic perspective on educational planning. One of the characteristics of futurists is a belief that the future is a created reality, not a consequence of random events. Futurists conceive possible paths, examine…

Two conferences were held to assist principals, superintendents, deans, and Teacher Corps directors in institutionalizing the temporary systems of Teacher Corps projects into the permanent systems of the school, community, or university. The overall goals for the conferences were: (1) to develop and test a variety of professional development…